The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-07
THE SALE OF THE YANDALIA
How Mr.. Mckeen Provided for the In
terests of Terre Haute People.
The c., II. & D. Company Must Pay Twenty
Five Cents Above Par for the Stock of
Any Citizen Who Is Willing to Sell.j

| The sale of the Terre Haute g. Indianapolis
road to the c., FL. e d. syndicate is still the
| principal theme of conversation in business as
well as railroad circles. Why did Mr.. McKeen
let go of the property is still a question with
those who are not acquainted with the situation.
From Terre Haute man is learned that the
Prairie City is practically in mourning, and one
would think that catastrophe had overtaken
the city. Business feel that Mr.. McKeen
will not in the future identify himself so close
ly with the city in all that goes to make it pros
porous. Shippers feel that when an injustice is
done them in rates they can no longer
appeal to Mr. McKeen for an adjustment
And then large per cent of
citizens who have been in the habit of asking
and usually securing pass fayors from Mr.. Nc
Keen. feel that they now doomed to stay at
home or pay fare. Coupled with all this, there
Is fear that the shops will be removed from that
city, and there is said to be general disposition
on the part of a majority of the citizens to take
a respondent view of matters. There
constantly little things coming to the surface
which show the big -heartedness of Mr.. NIcKeen.
For instance. of the provisions of the sale
was that any person in Terre Haute who offers
the stock they have held for certain time for
sale to the c., II. & D. company, shall be paid
every point that he consistently could. the in
terests of Terre Hautc have been protected.
From authentic source it is learned that
the c., H. g. d. management propose to operate
the Vandalia separately from its other lines. but.
of course as far as practical, for the benefit of
the c.. II. & d. system.
j. w Sherwood boots the idea that there is
any necessity for President Ingalls, shortening
his visit the other side of the water He
thinks at least for the present that their run
ming arrangements over the Vandaa will not
be disturbed. for the very reason that the c., L.,
St l.. Sc G. is giving the Vandalia 80 per cent.
more business, both freight and passenger, than
the Vandalia is giving their road.
A railroad man who is familiar with the condi-
tion of the Indianapolis s Vincennes track says
that its physical condition must be improved 40
per cent before the Pennsylvania Company
could run their fast trains over it, and further,
that 1t would be necessary for the ONO u Missis-
slppl to make some lmprovement to their road
bed before the heavy traffic of the Pennsylvania
lines could be thrown upon it.
A circular will be issued by General Manager
Waite, within day two, setting forth the
policy of the new management of the Nandalia.
A railroad capitalist said yesterday that it
took nerve and cheek for man to step in and
take the Vandalia from the grasp of the Penn
sylyania Company. and that IL. s. Ives possessed
both qualifications.
The statement that the Ives-Staynor syndi-
cate would be shut out of St Louis by the
alleged alliance of the PENNSYLVANIA and Ohio &
Mississippi roads, that the Vandalia runs
the Ohio & Mississippi, and has been only toler-
ated in the past is simply not true. The truth
is that the Vandalia owns the property upon
which the East St. Louis relay depot stands. and
also owns large and valuable amount of prop
erty between the relay depot and the river upon
which its freight houses and yard tracks
located The only fact in the statement sent
out from Pittsburg is that some years ago the
Ohio & Mississippi brought suit against the
Vandaia for possession of a certain piece of
property which the o. IL NJ. owned when the
Vaudalia was built, and through which the o. &
NJ contracted to give the Vandalia a right of
way If the latter would fill part of it that was
very low. This filing has long since been done,
AID the suit for possession has not been prose-
cuted.
1t is understood that orders will be given to-
day or tomorrow for the Vandala to lift the
boycott the roads running west out of St
this boycott by the general passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania lines was the last straw which
broke the camels back. terminating in Mr.. Nc
Keens disposing of his interest in the Vandaa.
C. G. Waite, general manager yesterday tele- 4
graphed H. W. Hubbard, general fright agent of
the Vandalia, to pursue the even tenor of his
way, that he was not to be disturbed In his posi-
ton.
Lewis Williams. at the present time general
of the Nickel plate road, has been Of
fered, and 1t is understood will accept, the gen.
eral SUPPLEMENTARY of the Vandalia line. Mr.
Williams was for some years superintendent of
the c., H. 81 D.. and is of large railroad
ability.
Frank Crawford, paymaster of the Vandalia,
was in the city yesterday calling upon parties
holding claims against the Vandalia under the
m engagement of Mr. Mckeen, it being the inten-
ton settle up all claims the wages of the
men due under the Mckeen jurisdiction as early
as possible.